Aug 8, 2015

Book Review “The Thinker’s Toolkit”

The Thinker’s Toolkit: 14 Powerful Techniques for Problem Solving, Revised and Updated. Author: Morgan D. Jones

Review

Forthcoming…

 

 

Books referenced in this title.

Those with *** I have read and recommend.

Andriole, Stephen J. Handbook of Decision Support Systems. TAB Professional and Reference Books, 1989.

Balachandran, Sarojini. Decision Making: An Information Sourcebook. Oryx Press, 1987.

Baron, Jonathan. Thinking and Deciding. Cambridge University Press, 1988.

Bolles, Edmund Blair. A Second Way of Knowing: The Riddle of Human Perception. New York: Prentice Hall Press, 1991.

Campbell, Jeremy. The Improbable Machine: What the Upheavals in Artificial Intelligence Research Reveal about How the Mind Really Works. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1989.

Daniel, Wayne W. Decision Trees for Management Decision Making: An Annotated Bibliography. Monticello, Ill.: Vance Bibliographies, 1979.

De Bono, Edward.New Think; the Use of Lateral Thinking in the Generation of New Ideas. Basic Books, 1968.

Fishburn, Peter C. The Foundations of Expected Utility. Dordrecht, Holland: D. Reidel Pub. ;, 1982.

Gilovich, Thomas. How We Know What Isn't So: The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life. New York, N.Y.: Free Press, 1991.

Hicks, Michael J. Problem Solving in Business and Management. London: Chapman & Hall, 1991.

Hunt, Morton M. The Universe Within: A New Science Explores the Human Mind. Simon and Schuster, 1982.

Laplace, Pierre Simon, and Frederick Wilson Truscott. A Philosophical Essay on Probabilities. Dover, 1951.

Margolis, Howard. Patterns, Thinking, and Cognition: A Theory of Judgment. University of Chicago Press, 1987.

McKim, Robert H. Thinking Visually: A Strategy Manual for Problem Solving. Lifetime Learning Publications, 1980.

Mockler, Robert J. Computer Software to Support Strategic Management Decision Making. Macmillan Pub, 1992.

*** Neustadt, Richard E., and Ernest R. May. Thinking in Time: The Uses of History for Decision-makers. Free Press, 1986.

Nisbett, Richard E., and Lee Ross. Human Inference: Strategies and Shortcomings of Social Judgment. Prentice-Hall, 1980.

*** Nutt, Paul C. Making Tough Decisions: Tactics for Improving Managerial Decision Making. Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1989.

Ornstein, Robert E. The Psychology of Consciousness. 2d ed. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1977.

Restak, Richard M. The Brain Has a Mind of Its Own: Insights from a Practicing Neurologist. Harmony Books, 1991.

Rivett, Patrick. The Craft of Decision Modelling. Wiley, 1994.

Robinson, Roxana. Georgia O'Keeffe: A Life. Harper & Row, 1989.

Williamson, David L. Group Power: How to Develop, Lead, and Help Groups Achieve Goals. Prentice-Hall, 1982.

Wisniewski, Mik. Quantitative Methods for Decision Makers. Pitman, 1994.

Aug 3, 2015

Book Review ‘Capability Cases’

Capability Cases: A Solution Envisioning Approach
Irene Polikoff, Robeert Coyne, Ralph Hodgson

Introduces the concept of ‘Capability Cases’ – a concept made up one or more functions that collectively provide a business value.

 

 

 

Titles referenced in the book:

Title Author Remarks and link to Amazon
Towards an Architecture Handbook Bruce Anderson  
The Timeless Way of Building Christopher Alexander  
Real Options:Managing Strategic Investment in an Uncertain World Martha Amram and Nalin Kalatilaka  
Creativity – The Magic Synthesis Silvano Arieti  
Information Systems Development D. E. Avison and G. Fitzgerald  
Learnings and Inquiry Based Reuse Adoption S. Bailing, M. Simos, L. Levine, and R. Creps  
Web Services and Service-Oriented Architectures Douglas K Barry  
Extreme Programming Explained Kent Beck  
Designing Hard Software – The Essential Tasks Dougla Bennett  
Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis: An Integrated Approach Val Belton and Theodoer J. Stewart  
Software Configuration Management Patterns: Effective Teamwork, Practical Integration Stephen Berczuk, Brad Appleton  
The Creative Mind: Myths and Mechanisms Margaret A. Boden  
The Mythical Man-Month and Other Essays on Software Engineering Frederick P. Bookrs  
The Social Life of Information John Seely Brown and Paul Duguild  
Web Services, E-Business, and the Semantics Web C. Bussler, R. Hull, S.A. McIlraith, M.E.Orlowska, B. Pernici, and J. Yang  
The Mind Map Book Tony Buzan  
Scenario-Based Design J.M. Carroll  
Enterprise Service Bus David A. Chappell  
To be continued…